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Tuesday, December 10: Boston Strong

What makes Boston Strong? It's the people who build our communities, rebuild broken lives, and set an example for all of us by overcoming challenges. We meet some individuals who are making the slogan come alive, from a married couple who minister to at-risk young people, to a father-son team that's changed society.

Innercity Weightlifting, founded in 2010, is aimed at members of street gangs in Boston. The program enables them to become certified personal trainers – many go on to do that for a living, others become empowered to pursue other careers.

Pastor Ray Hammond and his wife of 40 years, Pastor Gloria White Hammond, are both former medical doctors who have become full-time ministers and social acitivists in Boston – and in the process have become two of the most powerful voices for change in the city. Their church is the Bethel AME Church of Jamaica Plain.

You could save a life by signing up with Delete Blood Cancer, the bone marrow registry where Michael Guglielmo is now working.